dangle
verb🔊/ˈdæŋɡl/
🔊/ˈdæŋɡl/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they dangle | 🔊/ˈdæŋɡl/ 🔊/ˈdæŋɡl/ |
| he / she / it dangles | 🔊/ˈdæŋɡlz/ 🔊/ˈdæŋɡlz/ |
| past simple dangled | 🔊/ˈdæŋɡld/ 🔊/ˈdæŋɡld/ |
| past participle dangled | 🔊/ˈdæŋɡld/ 🔊/ˈdæŋɡld/ |
| -ing form dangling | 🔊/ˈdæŋɡlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈdæŋɡlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to hang or move freely; to hold something so that it hangs or moves freely 提着（某物，任其自然下垂或摆动）；来回摆动着 - +adv./prep.
Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手链上挂着许多金饰物。 🔊🔊 A single light bulb dangled from the ceiling. 天花板上孤零零地悬吊着一只灯泡。 🔊🔊 He sat on the edge with his legs dangling over the side. 他耷拉着双腿坐在边缘上。 🔊🔊 - dangle something + adv./prep.
She dangled her car keys nervously as she spoke. 她说话时紧张地晃动着她那串汽车钥匙。 🔊🔊 He dangled his legs over the edge of the bridge. 他的双腿悬在桥的边缘。
Extra ExamplesHis legs dangled over the side of the boat. 他的腿悬在船的侧面。 Her arms dangled loosely by her sides. 她的手臂在两侧松散地晃来晃去。 His foothold gave way, and he was left dangling from his rope. 他的立足点让位，他从绳子上晃来晃去。
- +adv./prep.
- [transitive] dangle something (before/in front of somebody)
to offer somebody something good in order to persuade them to do something 诱惑；吊胃口 He had a company directorship dangled in front of him. 他身旁摆着公司董事职务。 He dangled the prospect of enormous wealth before us. 他把巨大的财富摆在我们面前。 The boss wanted us to work more hours, dangling the carrot of well-paid overtime. 老板要我们加班，甩掉高薪加班的胡萝卜。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: symbolic of something loose and pendulous, corresponding to Danish dangle, Swedish dangla, but the origin is unclear.
